§633ὄψις τε ἦν ὥσπερ δύο στρατῶν, τοῦ μὲν ἀρχομένου πολεμεῖν, τοῦ δʼ ἐφεδρεύοντος· ἑκάτερος δʼ αὐτῶν ἐς κατάπληξιν ἐσκεύαστο δεινῶς πλήθει τε καὶ κόσμῳ.
And the appearance was like that of two armies, one beginning to fight, and the other standing in reserve; and each of them was terribly equipped to cause dismay by their number and orderly arrangement.
ἐφειστήκει δὲ τοῖς μὲν δεξιοῖς ἱππεῦσιν Ἀντίοχος αὐτός, τοῖς δʼ ἐπὶ θάτερα Σέλευκος ὁ υἱὸς Ἀντιόχου, τῇ δὲ φάλαγγι Φίλιππος ὁ ἐλεφαντάρχης καὶ τοῖς προμάχοις Μύνδις τε καὶ Ζεῦξις.
Antiochus himself was in command of the right-wing cavalry, and on the other side was his son Seleucus, while the phalanx was commanded by Philip, the master of the elephants, and the vanguard by Myndis and Zeuxis.
ἀχλυώδους δὲ καὶ ζοφερᾶς τῆς ἡμέρας γενομένης, ἥ τε ὄψις ἔσβεστο τῆς ἐπιδείξεως, καὶ τὰ τοξεύματα πάντα ἀμβλύτερα ἦν ὡς ἐν ἀέρι ὑγρῷ καὶ σκοτεινῷ.
But as the day became misty and gloomy, the splendor of their appearance was extinguished, and all the archery was made less effective as it was in damp and dark air.
ὅπερ ἐπεὶ κατεῖδεν Εὐμένης, τῶν μὲν ἄλλων κατεφρόνησε, τὴν δὲ ῥύμην τῶν ἁρμάτων τεταγμένων ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν μάλιστα δείσας, ὅσοι ἦσαν αὐτῷ σφενδονῆται καὶ ἀκοντισταὶ καὶ ἕτεροι κοῦφοι, συναγαγὼν προσέταξε, τὰ ἅρματα περιθέοντας, ἐς τοὺς ἵππους ἀκοντίζειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἐπιβατῶν·
When Eumenes perceived this, he disregarded the other forces, but being especially afraid of the rush of the chariots drawn up against him, he gathered together all his slingers, javelin-throwers, and other light-armed troops, and ordered them to run around the chariots and hurl their javelins at the horses instead of the riders.
ἵππου γὰρ ἐν ἅρματι ζυγομαχοῦντος ἀχρεῖον τὸ λοιπὸν ἅρμα γίγνεται, καὶ πολλὰ καὶ τῆς ἄλλης εὐταξίας παραλύεται, τὰ δρέπανα τῶν φιλίων δεδιότων.
For when a horse harnessed to a chariot struggles, the rest of the chariot becomes useless, and much of the other order is also broken because they fear the scythes of their own side.
ὃ καὶ τότε συνηνέχθη γενέσθαι· πληγέντων γὰρ τῶν ἵππων ἀθρόως, καὶ τὰ ἅρματα ἐς τοὺς φίλους περιφερόντων, αἵ τε κάμηλοι πρῶται τῆς ἀταξίας ᾐσθάνοντο, πλησίον τοῖς ἅρμασι παρατεταγμέναι, καὶ μετὰ ταύτας ἡ κατάφρακτος ἵππος, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ὑπὸ τοῦ βάρους τὰ δρέπανα ἐκφεύγειν δυναμένη.
This is what actually happened then; for when the horses were wounded all at once and turned the chariots back upon their own friends, the camels, which were stationed near the chariots, were the first to feel the disorder, and after them the cataphract cavalry, who because of their heavy weight were not able to escape the scythes easily.
θόρυβός τε ἦν ἤδη πολὺς καὶ τάραχος ποικίλος, ἀρξάμενος μὲν ἀπὸ τῶνδε μάλιστα, χωρῶν δὲ ἐπὶ ὅλον τὸ μεταίχμιον, καὶ μείζων ὑπόνοια τοῦ ἀκριβοῦς·
Already there was great noise and various confusion, beginning especially from these, but spreading over the whole space between the armies; and suspicion became greater than the exact truth.
ὡς γὰρ ἐν διαστήματι μακρῷ καὶ πλήθει πυκνῷ καὶ βοῇ ποικίλῃ καὶ φόβῳ πολλῷ, τὸ μὲν ἀκριβὲς οὐδὲ τοῖς ἀγχοῦ τῶν πασχόντων καταληπτὸν ἦν, τὴν δὲ ὑπόνοιαν μειζόνως ἐς τοὺς ἑξῆς ἕκαστοι μετέφερον.
For in a wide distance, a dense multitude, diverse shouting, and great fear, the exact truth was not comprehensible even to those close to the sufferers, but each person passed on the suspicion to the next in a greater degree.
§634ὁ δʼ Εὐμένης, ἐπεὶ τὰ πρῶτα καλῶς ἐπέπρακτο αὐτῷ, καὶ τὸ μεταίχμιον, ὅσον αἵ τε κάμηλοι καὶ τὰ ἅρματα ἐπεῖχεν, ἐγεγύμνωτο, τοὺς ἰδίους ἱππέας, καὶ ὅσοι Ῥωμαίων αὐτῷ καὶ Ἰταλῶν παρετετάχατο, ἐπῆγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀντικρὺ Γαλάτας τε καὶ Καππαδόκας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην σύνοδον τῶν ξένων, μέγα κεκραγὼς καὶ παρακαλῶν ἐπὶ ἄνδρας ἀπείρους τε μάχης καὶ γεγυμνωμένους τῶν προπολεμούντων.
But Eumenes, when his first attempt had succeeded well, and the space between the armies, as far as the camels and the chariots had occupied it, was laid bare, led his own cavalry, and all the Romans and Italians who were drawn up with him, against the Galatians, Cappadocians, and the rest of the gathering of foreigners opposite him, shouting aloud and urging them against men who were both inexperienced in battle and stripped of their vanguard.
οἱ δʼ ἐπείθοντο, καὶ βαρείας σφῶν τῆς ἐμβολῆς γενομένης τρέπονται τούτους τε καὶ τοὺς παρεζευγμένους αὐτοῖς ἱππέας τε καὶ καταφράκτους, ἐκ πολλοῦ ταρασσομένους διὰ τὰ ἅρματα·
They obeyed, and as their onset was heavy, they routed both these and the cavalry and cataphracts stationed alongside them, who had long been thrown into confusion by the chariots.
οὓς δὴ καὶ μάλιστα, διὰ τὸ βάρος ὑποφεύγειν ἢ ἀναστρέφειν εὐμαρῶς οὐ δυναμένους, κατελάμβανόν τε καὶ συνέκοπτον.
Indeed, because of their heavy weight, they were unable either to flee or to turn back easily, and Eumenes' men caught up with them and cut them to pieces.
καὶ τάδε μὲν ἦν περὶ τὸ λαιὸν τῆς φάλαγγος τῶν Μακεδόνων· ἐν δεξιᾷ δέ, ᾗπερ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἐτέτακτο, διακόψας τὸ σύνταγμα τῆς Ρ̓ωμαίων φάλαγγος ἀπέσπασεν ἐπὶ πολὺ διώκων.
And these things were happening around the left of the Macedonian phalanx; but on the right, where Antiochus himself was stationed, he broke through the formation of the Roman phalanx and cut off a large part, pursuing them far.